wip full rebuid (gte)

nice work mate

ok will keep this short car will no longer be going pv or anywhere else for that matter as i rolled it earlier about 8 or 9 times into a field basicly long story short steering wheel came loose and the car went straight on in a bend

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omg proper gutted for you . 8/9 times tho! you must have been going at a fair rate of knots

Oh no. Gutted.....

Shiiiiiiiiiiiit. All that effort down the drain.. I guess the main thing is that you and your passengers are ok !

Hope you find the motivation to start another !

your kidding !!! i hope this is some ploy and your actually gonna turn up in it

if not im gutted for you and just glad your ok mate, 2 nova accidents in one year ?? time to look for a 5 ncap rated car methinks lol

gutted, i bet your well shat up, pics?

bloody hell, gutted for you mate, as long as your ok

Sorry to here that mate. Why did the wheel come off !?! Did you not tighten up the nut ?

jeesus gutted ste, is it in bad nick? anything salvageable?

Bad S*it mate -- Aslong as your OK

All that hard work up sh*t creak..

i know this isnt on your priorty list..
but the guiness world record is 6 rolls in a ford sierra as done on top gear.. so i think we have a new world record!!!

but a guiness independant ajudicator wasnt present, and you have do it the other way so wind speed doesnt affect your roll ;)

lol

really gutted ste, get some pics up asap

That's absolutely gutting! So much work you've put in to this gone already!

as requested some pics

before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862670

after

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862717

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862743

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862758

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862780

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862828

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862853

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862871

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...g?t=1179862890

all i have to say is the cage and harnesses saved our lives theres no doubt about that what so ever and a word from the wise to anyone building a project check and double check absolutly everything before a test drive or this could be you

That's painful to look at! :cry:

looks soooo good in that top pic aswell, luckily you didnt have a poxy show cage

as you can see in the 3rd pic although the roof looks untouched it isnt its actualy shaped around the cage pics dont show the full exstent of the damage it was holding 13psi of boost and over boosting at just over a bar!

belive it or not the engine is near enough untouched the rad didnt even come back it still belive it or not runs absolutly spot on

get a shtter and build a sleeper :cool:

havent got the hart 2 mate not only that but craigc20let was paying for it and i was building it even though it was no fault of my own and he was in the passenger seat aswell i still in theorey ow him for it

i think im just going to buy the most boring car i can think of like a rover or summin and just throw it all in and pack in building them

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i think im just going to buy the most boring car i can think of like a rover or summin and just throw it all in and pack in building them

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it'll pass mate :thumb:

phew that tragic mate gutted for you all that hard work and long hours for that thats so unfair keep your chin up mate

how much did the whole project cost if you dont mind me asking?

maybe but that dont pay craig the 6 and a half grand or so that i just wrecked for him before he even drove it thats the problem im faced with at the moment

jeesus ste, youre lucky to be alive, that cage did most defonatley save your life

i say strip it for most useable bits.. i feel sooo gutted for you bud

6 and a half grand pluss the car on top and a few other bits and pieces that i already had kicking around
and thats without a 6 month labour bill with about 2 months worth of all nighters spread over the entire period

ouch !! maybe you dont want to tell us but what exactly happened ??

basicly we got it ready for its first test run checked everything ect and buggered off gave it some hammer down some straight back roads set the boosting up ect got it holding about 13psi hapily and over boosting at over a bar things were going realy well heading back about quater of a mile from home i opened it up abit coming out of a bend and it just didnt turn at all just went straight the steering wheel had come loose due to there beeing no spring or catch washere ect and basicly came of in my hand hit a curb slid along a dyke fliped about 15 20 feet in the air while roling violently came back down on the curb roled again 3 or 4 times and came to a stop in the midle of a field about 450 yards from where we left the road

Ouch!

My uncle rolled his old Nova -- Not worth as much as this one is/was though

i remember seeing grass sky grass sky tarmac sky tarmac sky grass sky ect about 8 or 9 times could have been more though i wasnt counting

Christ, sounds like you were lucky walk away.

i'm really gutted for ya bud..all that money,time and passion..GONE..

Did you find that when you was rolling its like abit slow motion and you wonder if your gonna walk out..

Guys, i have been keeping an eye on what you have been doing to my old GTE and the workmanship has just been fantastic. it is such a shame about what has happened, but at least you are alive!
cars can be replaced, money can be made(borrowed from the bank helps!!) but loss of life can never be returned.

arty well said mate good call , must be gutting mate heart goes out to you

****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well gutted for you at least your both ok!

thanks guys for the surport you been great i have been putting a brave face on but i just want to break down and cry to be honest i am inside already any way